The Egypt Exploration Society Congress VI: Call for Papers

2022 will see many events and exhibitions to commemorate two important Egyptological anniversaries. The first is the bicentenary of the announcement by Jean-François Champollion that he had cracked the code of Egyptian hieroglyphs with the partial decipherment of the Rosetta Stone. To mark this event, the British Museum will be hosting a conference and exhibition entitled Unlocking Ancient Egypt. The second is the centenary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, which was led by Howard Carter. This is arguably the greatest archaeological discovery ever made, with all of the treasures from the tomb to be displayed in the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) scheduled to open later this year.

 

Fig. 1: View of Singleton Campus, Swansea University

Another event taking place this year is the Egypt Exploration Society Congress (formerly the British Egyptology Congress, BEC). This will be the sixth congress, with the previous one being hosted via Zoom by colleagues from Durham University. This year, the Congress will be organised by colleagues and students from the Egypt Centre, the Department of History, Heritage, and Classics, and the Object and Landscape Centred Approaches to the Past (OLCAP) research group, in collaboration with the EES. Because of the on-going COVID-19 situation, the majority of the event will take place virtually, spread out throughout the month of September. However, we are hoping that it will be possible to have one or two in-person days (to be streamed online also) in Swansea during the weekend of the 01–02 October. The call for papers is now open, with details in the paragraphs below.

 

EESCon provides a platform for researchers to present their ongoing projects and discoveries to a broad audience of peers and the interested public through presentations or posters.

 

Presentations can focus on a wide range of topics including but not limited to:

• Archaeology and current fieldwork
• Language and texts
• Art and craft
• Trade and communication
• Conservation
• Medicine
• Reception
• The history of Egyptology and collecting
• Museum or archive studies
• Religion
• Material culture
• Heritage engagement and management
• Environmental studies
• Domestic archaeology
• Object-based learning
• Best practice in Egyptological teaching

Papers can cover any period of Egyptian history as well as the impact of Egyptian heritage on the modern world and can be given by anyone involved in current research. Time will be available for presenting the posters online.

Abstracts for a 20-minute presentation should be submitted by 17:00 on 25th February 2022 to congress@ees.ac.uk. They should not exceed 150 words. Presentations should be given in English and presenters should expect questions following their paper. Poster presenters must follow the template provided (A1, landscape). They will be made available on the Congress website as a downloadable pdf alongside the abstract. Abstracts not exceeding 150 words are to be submitted to congress@ees.ac.uk by 17:00 on 25th February 2022.

 

Abstracts will be considered by a panel made up of representatives from the organising institutions and confirmation will be mailed by 29th April 2022. Conference registration will open on 6th May 2022. Please indicate on your submission whether you prefer to present in-person or online.

 

We look forward to receiving your submissions for the Congress!